As someone who used to have to pay for messaging fees, I've found that shorthand was very useful in keeping the cost down as what would usually take 4 text messages under normal grammar and spelling rules could be easily cut down to 1 or 2. It was also a pain in the ass to type out full words on a phone's keypad (8 44 2 8 0 777 33 1 555 555 999 0 7777 88 222 555 33 3). Now that unlimited text messaging plans and full qwerty keyboards are nearly ubiquitous, I don't bother with shorthand anymore as it even grated on my nerves when I did it out of necessity. Now it just shows lack of care and laziness to continue.
I guess my emphasis on the examples was mainly on shorthand but we can't ignore the staggering amount on people, adults, that spell incorrectly at least 6 out of 10 words. No statistics or anything on my part, just experience within the professional and personal spectrum.
No fancy hardware for me, just a laptop and an external, bigger, monitor I watch from afar. I have a 2.1 Gigaware "sound system" (or the integrated soundbar on the monitor when I want something "quieter") and don't watch that many movies or shows, so that's why I instantly recognized I'm not the target audience.
I'm not that big on streaming unless it's my girlfriend's Netflix which I don't even pay for, so I didn't even know sound quality was an issue that had to be addressed in browsers.
In a time when kids are born with dozens of conditions, our numbers multiply at a staggering rate worldwide, and that scenario where we must ration our resources VERY carefully (like we should have done since the beginning) is not THAT ridiculously far away, this is actually positive in my eyes.
Do we really need to procreate in such a hurry? I'm not the biggest fan of sodas out there, but if they're gonna help reduce the output of the baby-factory generation out there, I'm all for even buying other people a soda or two.
I don't know of any individuals using cloud based services
the fuck?. Gmail, Google Apps / Docs, Dropbox, BaseCamp, Flickr, Spotify, Netflix. Most individuals I know do almost everything they use a computer for "in the cloud". The corporations are the ones that seem to be holding on to legacy standalone apps.
None of those things are really relevant to the business world. You don't share DVDRips or ISOs over a network for your buddies at work, you don't have any need to watch movies or upload 100 pictures from that Canon of yours at a workplace, the only semi-useful thing in there are Google Docs (don't count Gmail since any e-mail is just as efficient in sending and receiving e-mails) but then again, most corporations already have volume licenses so that's not even that big a hassle.
I don't find this lock-in too much of a hassle since it only affects the ARM version. I can easily opt to use the Intel version and nothing of value would be lost, in my opinion.
Relax guy, I was only being ironic, considering these things run on anything but Windows. But yeah, I've not the patience or time to migrate to something other than Windows, but a TV would be the last thing I expect to have a friggin' operating system. In the computer sense.
What the hell happened to just having a phone and making calls off it without worrying about how fast your web apps will load, how long it'll take to upload a batch of uninteresting family photos or how vane you'll look at the next cellphone showoff?
This is why I still have a landline and restrict my usage of the Internet to my PC and laptop. The world didn't need to updated and logged on 24/7 a decade ago.
I don't use Google for anything other than its search engine.
- Google Chrome to me is overhyped, the minimal GUI is irritating and it has a poor amount of add-ons. - Gmail is nice but I've subscribed to countless sites (and still do) with my @msn and it gets the job done (it receives e-mail, big surprise there), the only time I use Gmail is at work, because the educational institution I work at uses it. - Google Docs are of no use to me. - Blogger I do like.
To me "best days" is irrelevant, in my case the usefulness is still there and will be there. It doesn't have to impress anyone or be ahead of anyone else.
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As someone who used to have to pay for messaging fees, I've found that shorthand was very useful in keeping the cost down as what would usually take 4 text messages under normal grammar and spelling rules could be easily cut down to 1 or 2. It was also a pain in the ass to type out full words on a phone's keypad (8 44 2 8 0 777 33 1 555 555 999 0 7777 88 222 555 33 3). Now that unlimited text messaging plans and full qwerty keyboards are nearly ubiquitous, I don't bother with shorthand anymore as it even grated on my nerves when I did it out of necessity. Now it just shows lack of care and laziness to continue.
I guess my emphasis on the examples was mainly on shorthand but we can't ignore the staggering amount on people, adults, that spell incorrectly at least 6 out of 10 words. No statistics or anything on my part, just experience within the professional and personal spectrum.
...will be when they realize not everyone tht spelz lyk dis is a teenager.
On the upside, they could use that as a way to lay off people too lazy to spell "what", "are", "you" and other amazingly difficult words.
"Dear Mr. Smith,
GTFO, lol.
kthxbai,
Management" ... I'm stuck on 2007, aren't I?
No fancy hardware for me, just a laptop and an external, bigger, monitor I watch from afar. I have a 2.1 Gigaware "sound system" (or the integrated soundbar on the monitor when I want something "quieter") and don't watch that many movies or shows, so that's why I instantly recognized I'm not the target audience.
I'm not running Win8. So there ya go.
I'm not that big on streaming unless it's my girlfriend's Netflix which I don't even pay for, so I didn't even know sound quality was an issue that had to be addressed in browsers.
they should of checked there dictionary.
Should HAVE
What the **** is should of?
If they get pwn3d they can blame it on lag.
...is a blizzad of orthographical errors.
What browser-based games are worth playing with a controller?
* 'There's not that much known about Canadian intelligence.'*
As A Canadian, I kinda resent that :)
Dave Mustaine wrote:
"Canadian Intelligence,
two words combined that can't make sense."
Then ripped about 20 solos before finishing the song.
As opposed to paying them $5.00 a day, they're getting a better deal.
In a time when kids are born with dozens of conditions, our numbers multiply at a staggering rate worldwide, and that scenario where we must ration our resources VERY carefully (like we should have done since the beginning) is not THAT ridiculously far away, this is actually positive in my eyes.
Do we really need to procreate in such a hurry? I'm not the biggest fan of sodas out there, but if they're gonna help reduce the output of the baby-factory generation out there, I'm all for even buying other people a soda or two.
I don't know of any individuals using cloud based services
the fuck?. Gmail, Google Apps / Docs, Dropbox, BaseCamp, Flickr, Spotify, Netflix. Most individuals I know do almost everything they use a computer for "in the cloud". The corporations are the ones that seem to be holding on to legacy standalone apps.
None of those things are really relevant to the business world. You don't share DVDRips or ISOs over a network for your buddies at work, you don't have any need to watch movies or upload 100 pictures from that Canon of yours at a workplace, the only semi-useful thing in there are Google Docs (don't count Gmail since any e-mail is just as efficient in sending and receiving e-mails) but then again, most corporations already have volume licenses so that's not even that big a hassle.
That's just Sandworms farting.
I don't find this lock-in too much of a hassle since it only affects the ARM version. I can easily opt to use the Intel version and nothing of value would be lost, in my opinion.
Relax guy, I was only being ironic, considering these things run on anything but Windows. But yeah, I've not the patience or time to migrate to something other than Windows, but a TV would be the last thing I expect to have a friggin' operating system. In the computer sense.
So now that TVs restart, I'm guessing malware isn't far behind?
After all, if you expect to turn every household device into a typical computer, you're also gonna drag the bad things computers have.
Can we 'regedit' tvs so we can use our own splash logos?
It's too bad playing HALO just makes you an overall bad person.
It only seems that every other week there's a new concept or at least some advances/new implementations of old concepts for 3D displays.
It's clear that people wanna move forward but we're still laughing at those that bought 3D glasses + 3D TVs, so slow down a bit, please.
What the hell happened to just having a phone and making calls off it without worrying about how fast your web apps will load, how long it'll take to upload a batch of uninteresting family photos or how vane you'll look at the next cellphone showoff?
This is why I still have a landline and restrict my usage of the Internet to my PC and laptop. The world didn't need to updated and logged on 24/7 a decade ago.
It's obvious that it's full of dinosaurs.
...humans began painting a curious creature on the walls of European caves. Among the rhinos...
Did I miss a memo?
It was written on the wall! How could you have missed it?
It's damned boring is what it is. Even Spider-Man on MAME holds more interesting things to do, even if it's just to laugh at chubby superheroes.
Short Circuit 3: Johnny Climbs
I don't use Google for anything other than its search engine.
- Google Chrome to me is overhyped, the minimal GUI is irritating and it has a poor amount of add-ons.
- Gmail is nice but I've subscribed to countless sites (and still do) with my @msn and it gets the job done (it receives e-mail, big surprise there), the only time I use Gmail is at work, because the educational institution I work at uses it.
- Google Docs are of no use to me.
- Blogger I do like.
To me "best days" is irrelevant, in my case the usefulness is still there and will be there. It doesn't have to impress anyone or be ahead of anyone else.